13-letter words containing e, l, u, c
- interlocutrix — A female interlocutor.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracellular — within a cell or cells.
- intratelluric — Geology. located in, taking place in, or resulting from action beneath the lithosphere.
- judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kentucky lake — reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long
- knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
- knuckle under — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
- knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- language code — (human language, standard) A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- laurel cherry — a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- little cuttle — a small cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- lucifer match — friction match.